Six principal authority council by-elections this week and, hooray, a full set of Liberal Democrat candidates. That is one up on the last time these seats were up. Cholsey (South Oxfordshire) Council ...

I usually concentrate on changes in seats in my pieces about local council by-elections, but vote share changes are also useful to help understand what the broader political trends are. Handily, the ...

Five Christmas, birthday, wedding, graduation, driving test pass, citizenship acquisition or candidate selection victory gift ideas for that special person you know. (And more tasteful than some ...

There is a new Lib Dem councillor in Sheffield, Willis Marshall. Nine principal authority council by-elections this week for ten seats, and a full slate of Lib Dem candidates, up a very welcome four ...

As this new data from Ofcom shows, it’s the dominant app across age and gender. Note too how widespread email is, with just the one email app, Gmail, on its own appearing in the top ten. Politicians ...

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A news release from Chesham and Amersham Liberal Democrats brings the news: Cllr Jonathan Waters, Deputy Cabinet Member at Buckinghamshire Council, has joined the Liberal Democrats after resigning ...

Welcome to the latest in my occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today – new research from Caitlin Milazzo and colleagues about what candidates and parties put ...

New polling from More in Common shows strong support from the public for the recent farmer protests: As More in Common’s Luke Tryl explains: In part that seems to be motivated by the fact that people ...

Fifteen principal authority council by-elections this week, with 13 Liberal Democrat candidates – one up on the last time these seats were up. Oakham North East (Rutland) Council By-Election Result:🔶 ...